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...Republican machine was prepared to be nimble. The R.N.C. put in place a 72-hour plan that tried to match the labor unions' success in getting voters to the polls. "We decided to change the culture of Republicans running just on money," says future House majority leader Tom DeLay. "We decided to run a ground...
...should not be surprised that the terrorists are regrouping. We must, without delay, launch long-term preventive actions while continuing to fight pockets of terrorism wherever they exist. Terrorism stems from ignorance, and the best way to eradicate it is through education and economic viability. We must help the people of the Third World stand on their own. Corrupt Third World rulers should be arrested and tried as international criminals. Let us give new meaning to the concept of pre-emptive strikes. SIDDIQUE MALIK Louisville...
...fields, and would thus benefit from Hussein retaining power. Indeed, soon after last Friday’s disarmament resolution was approved, Russian, French and Chinese diplomats issued a joint statement claiming that it did not automatically permit the use of force should Hussein breach its terms or choose to delay the inspectors’ access. Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov was quick to maintain, “We have excluded from the resolution material that is unacceptable to Russia,” adding that “it does not include the automatic use of force?...
...domestic and international enemies. That may be why the Arabs, Russia and France have taken great pains to drive home the message to Saddam that unless he accepts the UN resolution, a war that he cannot survive is inevitable. That leaves Saddam likely to opt, at least, to delay any confrontation by signaling compliance and then stringing out the process as much as possible to avoid provoking a U.S. attack and hoping that when the arms inspectors report back next February their mandate is simply extended...
...Delay has long been a hallmark of the Ghan legend, which was named for the "Afghan" cameleers whose strings of camels carted goods to and from the train depots. The railroad on which it runs is often subjected to the intense weather of the Australian outback. Flash floods and sand drifts would sometimes block the line for days. Once, a train was stranded in the middle of the outback for two weeks; the driver shot wild goats to feed the passengers. Even construction of the rest of the line?originally intended to link the South Australian capital of Adelaide...